Dear Colleague:
You are invited to attend the International Plant & Animal Genome VIII
Conference (PAG-VIII), January 9-12, 2000 taking place at the Town & Country
Hotel in San Diego, California.
The meeting will again offer the satellite sessions and workshops which
took place at Plant & Animal Genome VII. The meeting draft for PAG-VIII
and abstracts from previous PG-I through PAG-VII meetings are now available
on the Internet via the World Wide Web (WWW) at:
http://www.intl-pag.org/
Important Dates & Deadlines to Remember:
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: October 15, 1999
All researchers presenting posters must pre-register for the meeting to
have their abstract printed in the final meeting program. You may submit
your abstract electronically from:
http://www.intl-pag.org/pag/abstracts.html
PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE: November 5, 1999
[for the reduced fee of $375 (non-profit/univ/gov't)/$475 (industry)]
After November 14:
The on-site registration fee of $475 (non-profit/univ/gov't)/$575 (ind)
applies. Postmarked date will be used for all deadlines.
Student fee is $150.
For Secure On-line registration go to:
https://www.chemint.org/https/pag8reg.html
HOTEL CUT OFF DEADLINE: December 16, 1999
It is expected that the hotel will be SOLD OUT so people should book early.
TRAVEL AWARD GRANT DEADLINES:
There are also four travel award grants being offered this year. Please be
sure to check out the http://www.intl-pag.org/pag homepage to find out more
of the details.
Requests for VISA letters should be directed to Hans Cheng at: hcheng at msu.edu
United airline travel code: 567HM
All administrative questions regarding Plant & Animal Genome VIII should be
directed to Scherago International at the following:
Tel: 212-643-1750 ext. 25,
Fax: 212-643-1758 or,
E-mail: pag at scherago.com
I look forward to seeing you again at the upcoming International
Plant & Animal Genome VIII Conference.
Sincerely,
Darrin Scherago
Meeting Manager
Scherago International, Inc.
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Darrin Scherago, CMP - Scherago International, Inc.
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 1003, New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-643-1750 ext. 20 / Fax: 212-643-1758
E-mail: darrins at scherago.com
Website: http://www.scherago.com
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